To: BBell
I had never seen a lot of black cowboys before.
You have Hollywood to blame for this fact.
Being a "cowboy" was literally the bottom rung of society. So these were rough men of ALL races. Read some article that about a third of all cowboys were black. A large amount were of Hispanic extraction, depending on what location(North or South of the Border.)
My favorite black cowboy character was Mr. Kightlinger(sp?)of the John Wayne movie The Cowboys. Loved that movie!
10 posted on
06/16/2018 12:09:17 PM PDT by
RedMonqey
(" Those who turn their arms in for plowshares will be doing the plowing for those who didnÂ’t.")
To: RedMonqey
when I was a kid we had a book about the real cowboys and a chapter was dedicated to black cowboys so I was familiar with them. I just had never actually seen A lot of them in real life. The ones I was familiar with were the white and Hispanic ones.
25 posted on
06/16/2018 12:48:59 PM PDT by
BBell
(not drinking, just a smart a$$)
To: RedMonqey
Great Grandpa Lurkin “rode fence” on the Irvine Ranch. Does that mean he was bottom rung?
31 posted on
06/16/2018 1:00:08 PM PDT by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: RedMonqey
"l'll fix up some sugar tits to take along."
65 posted on
06/16/2018 3:37:41 PM PDT by
Rebelbase
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